Jo is not doing this to hurt her kids or her parents - she is SICK
OCD is not being taken back by realising anything. Most people who are scared of germs know that people actually need germs in their life to stay healthy.  Its all about feeling uncomfy  in your individual situation. Jo feels uneasy when knowing that dirt is coming close to her house as she wants a safe space.
This feeling can change but not from one day to the other. It can improve in steps but stopping more and more rituals and trying to live with the uneasy feeling for more and more time.
"Time to let go! - is the one sentence in the whole program that works best. Its a self motivation thing.

I would love to have some of her energy I have arthritis and I can’t clean the way I want to, and it gets me down, but I would not like to live like that. Poor woman. God bless her.

I respect them so much, they have helped so many!

OCD is horrible
I have it the amount of cleaning I do its taking over my life 😅

I can relate to so much of what she’s doing.

This is the first time watching this show and the fact that they really sit down and have a proper conversation and break down what and how her thought process works is really good. My fear has morphed into fears of different types of germs to the point where I'm hauling loads and loads of clothes into the laundromat because they touched the floor. Its so debilitating & a waste of my day which could be spent doing my fun hobbies. But that guy is right, you just need to change 1 thought.

I have been told by several professionals that I have "OCD tendencies."  I hate when people use the term flippantly when they just mean that they are a clean freak or whatever. As you can see, real OCD is not fun. I don't go to the extremes that this woman does. Thank God. My issues affect my life but they don't control it. I work very hard at not letting it. Many times it means doing things that make me extremely uncomfortable but I do not want to end up like some people.

Thank!!! you for sharing this

I don't like how the weird couple tried to make her feel guilty.

The Speakmans are terrifying. There's NO WAY I would take mental health advice from a pair of plastic bottles

I feel deeply  for the family and the friends…it’s a hard position to be in…

Especially the children involved…

I totally understand the first woman's OCD over germs because I have very similar. What I don't understand though is how her OCD can allow her mouth/teeth to pull the plastic bag open when it's been exposed to the credit cards and money. That freaked me out to see that 😩

My mother in law has almost the same exact OCD as Jo. She has had it for thirty years. She has never seen someone have it so much like her. We are in amazement. She would love to talk to Jo. if only we could find her, she’d love to be pen pals

I've just found this today on here and this lady is exactly like me. I have contamination OCD, it was like watching myself. Everything she felt, I feel. If you read this, how are you getting on? I'm at a very very low point with anxiety, OCD and depression.

6:00 HOW DID SHE STICK THAT IN HER MOUTH???!!!! I can barely put food and water in my mouth! I could NEVER put a bag like that in my mouth! Does she not understand how many gems are in that bag?

The only way to deal with this kind of mental health condition is through emotional support and empathy.

OCD is bad but for electricians can be very helpful. I’ve seen some ocd electrician cabling, and it’s awesome! Just thinking about what they have to go through everyday is sad…

i watched this in hopes it can shed light for me, because I have horrible ocd. However, this woman seems to suffer from the same kind of OCD I have.  It looks to me that she is fearful of her items getting germs on it. That is what I suffer from. I know, it 's strange, but I also admit, I am sick. The thing with this video is that ok, they got her to do these things. However, when she goes home, she is going to take her clothes off, put them in the wash. She is going to put her purse in the wash. She is going to shower. I would have been able to do all that as well for show. But then when I got home, I would immediately shower to get all the germs off (to my mind). So not really sure what this proves. OCD is not cured overnight like they are making it seem in this video.

İ have this but i don't clean anything i just don't touch anything and it's exhausting

Also therapy takes time, you can’t just fully change over night! It’s an ongoing battle.